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An art installation which is out of this world - and in some respects, out of your tree - is on display one of the city's most legendary nightclubs.

As people in the city enjoy the Plymouth Art Weekender, Plymouth Live was granted access to the Millennium club, formerly the Warehouse, on Union Street.

Over two floors artists have put on remarkable, colourful and multi-media installation, as part of The Atlantic Project, a city-wide programme across very venues. The upstairs display maps the cosmos in a large-scale site-specific installation which is a delicious assault on the senses within the vast empty dance-hall still held close to the hearts many a Plymouth clubber.

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Downstairs is given over to an installation which references the heady club culture on Union Street in the 1980s/90s drawing on video archives and relics to "evoke an experience of counter culture and mass-euphoria".

The art programme will be open until October 21. For more information on the art programme, visit www.theatlantic.org/

God TV has plans to turn the former nightclub into its headquarters and a place of worship (Image: Penny Cross)

The nightclub was originally opened in 1931 as the Gaumont cinema.

The venue - which could hold 1,800 revellers - ceased trading as a dance venue in August 2004.

In February 2007 London-registered property developer KHH Ltd bought the once-thriving superclub for more than £1.5million.

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The company wanted to turn the former club into flats and student accommodation. However, the credit crunch put paid to that plan.

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In early 2014 GOD TV secured a 25-year lease on the property and received planning permission from Plymouth City Council to turn it into a £7million conference and events destination named the Revival Prayer Centre.

However, in October 2014, GOD TV was rocked when co-founder Rory Alec stepped down as chairman and chief executive of the company after what he called “a moral failure” in his private life.

He split from his wife Wendy Alec, co-founder of the business, who continued to lead the network.

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In January 2016, after work came to a standstill, chiefs behind the scheme claimed the venue - which was planned to be opened by 2015 - would be up and running for the 2020 Mayflower celebrations.

At the time they announced through their website: "It was God’s vision to begin with and we believe that He will open the right doors and provide the finances to complete this monumental project, in His time frame.”

Young clubbers crossing Union Street with the distinctive Boulevard and Millennium signage behind them in 2000 (Image: Chloe Juno)

A spokesman told Plymouth Live at the time: “We feel we are the stewards of this building and we want to make sure that it is up and running by late 2018, early 2019 so we are prepared to take part in the celebration of 2020.”